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Texas Mine Group

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver, Tungsten
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046193
MRDS ID M241035
Record type Site
Current site name Texas Mine Group
Alternate or previous names Kentucky Bell, Boston Belle
Related records 10137255

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.13285, 31.94457 (WGS84)
Elevation 1372
Relative position 1.5 MILES NW OF PARADISE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Portal(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chiricahua Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Douglas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Simon(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 017S 031E 13 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • CENTRAL SEC 13, UTM EST

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • BASE METAL CARBONATES AND SULFIDES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Tremolite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Pyrometamorphosed Limestone

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Naco Group Limestone
    Rock description Naco Group Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.13285, 31.94457
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Near Intersection Of Two Faults, One N55w, Dip 86ne, One E-W, Dip 58n, Porphyry Intrusion Trends Nw

Ore body information

  • General form BANDS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along An Intrusive Porphyry Contact.

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE IN FAULT ZONES IN TACTITE BANDS IN LIMESTONE ALONG INTRUSIVE PORPHYRY CONTACT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1880

Mining district

District name California District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Texas Consolidated Mng And Smlting Co
  • Type Owner
    Owner Neese, Carroll S. And Vickers, E. F.
    First year 1960

Comments on the production information

  • SOME 50 OR MORE TONS OF ORE PRODUCED IN THE LATE 1880'S AND ONE SMALL LOT MINED IN 1937.

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT, ADIT, AND SHAFT WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S B, 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P 54.

  • Deposit

    USBM FILES

  • Deposit

    USBM RI 5650, 1960, P. 14-15

  • Production

    KEITH, 1973, ARIZ BUR OF MINES BULL 187.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINING CAMP CALLED GALEYVILLE . SEE GALEYVILLE AND SILVER HILL FOR ADJOINING MINE DESCRIPTIONS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit ORE IN FAULT ZONES IN TACTITE BANDS IN LIMESTONE ALONG INTRUSIVE PORPHYRY CONTACT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Zigler, Jan L. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1981 Gest, Don E. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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